The idea of space exploration

Public reactions to the space program, especially to the 1969 Moon landing are discussed. Space exploration is compared to explorations during the Age of Discovery. It is argued that space exploration has failed to capture the public's imagination, that it has had few economic or social consequences of any importance, and that it has had a minimum impact on national prestige

On history Becoming History: The Case of World and New Global History

A partir de la diferencia entre historia -en el sentido de "conjunto de acontecimientos"- e Historia -en el de "esfuerzo consciente por reconstruir y comprender los acontecimientos del pasado"- se procura contemplar dos ejemplos concretos de cómo la historia se vuelve Historia: la Historia Mundial (World History) y la Nueva Historia Global (New Global History). Se describe el desarrollo de la Historia Mundial después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y se aporta un breve resumen de los planteamientos de William McNeill, de sus partidarios y de los teóricos del sistema mundial. A continuación se enumeran las diferencias entre la Historia Mundial y una incipiente Historia Global y se ofrece un esbozo de la naturaleza de esta última y de sus logros, poniendo el énfasis en su perspectiva sobre el espacio exterior, el papel de las comunicaciones vía satélite y la sinergia y sincronía de sus diversos elementos. Por fin, se discute el proceso de globalización, que ha provocado el surgimiento de la Nueva Historia Global, y se propone la tesis de que está cambiando el modo en que hacemos la "Historia"

What Does Trump Really Want?

Donald Trump’s 2017 inaugural address was scored with a content analysis measure of implicit motives. The results show that compared to other 20th and 21st century U.S. presidents, he scores very high in achievement and power motive imagery, but only about average in affiliation imagery. Based on previous research on presidents’ motive imagery, this profile suggests some predictions about the Trump presidency and possible problems for it. In political leaders, high achievement motivation often leads to frustration with the political process. Power motivation, while associated with rated greatness, is related to polarization of public opinion and war. The effects of motives are further channel by temperament and traits—in Trump’s case, high extraversion and low agreeableness.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/146992/1/asap12154.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/146992/2/asap12154_am.pd

International education and the employability of UK students

A common theme within the literature on higher education is the congested nature of the graduate labour market. Researchers have highlighted the lengths to which many students now go, in response to this congestion, to ‘distinguish themselves’ from other graduates: paying increased attention to university status; engaging in a range of extra-curricular activities; and pursuing postgraduate qualifications. Studies that have focused on the strategies of Asian students, specifically, have pointed to the important place of studying abroad as a further strategy in this pursuit of distinction. Given that there is now some evidence that the number of UK students enrolling on a degree programme overseas is increasing, this article explores the extent to which an overseas education can be seen as part of a broader strategy on the part of British students to seek distinction within the labour market and whether such an education does indeed offer tangible employment benefits